Film Premiere: Escape from Pretoria

Thriller - USA, 2020, 106'

Directed by Francis Annan, with Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Mark Winter.

In South Africa a man plans to escape from prison with his companion in misfortune. An action thriller based on a true story.

1978. Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter) is a South African citizen accused of terrorism and imprisoned for involved in anti-apartheid propaganda operations. Together with another activist, Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber, The Punisher), the man plans a breakout from the maximum security prison. Based on the true story already told by Tim Jenkin in his biographical book "Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison", the film IS a prison movie that mixes the cards of the biopic and the action thriller. To build the escape plan in detail, director and screenwriter Francis Annan enlisted the help of some real political prisoners from Pretoria.

 In streaming on MyMovies Friday 6th November at 12.20AM – Heroes Theatre